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Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian?
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RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian?
Why can't we just have opinions without branding ourselves? I get that labels are useful mental shortcuts but they are needlessly divisive shortcuts as well

I have no idea what I'd call myself. I don't think anyone falls 100% with a certain ideology, everybody cherry picks different belief systems into their own mix. And that's only natural. People are much too complex to put them in boxes. They never fit perfectly and it's a bitch to unfold them afterwards
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Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Athena777 - December 9, 2016 at 7:49 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Tiberius - December 9, 2016 at 7:59 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Athene - December 9, 2016 at 8:02 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by abaris - December 9, 2016 at 8:03 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Cyberman - December 9, 2016 at 8:05 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Tiberius - December 9, 2016 at 8:15 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Catholic_Lady - December 9, 2016 at 10:28 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Pat Mustard - December 11, 2016 at 8:37 am
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Athena777 - December 9, 2016 at 8:16 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Tiberius - December 9, 2016 at 8:19 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Whateverist - December 9, 2016 at 8:52 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by chimp3 - December 9, 2016 at 8:48 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Jesster - December 9, 2016 at 8:50 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by brewer - December 9, 2016 at 9:07 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Cyberman - December 9, 2016 at 10:17 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Athene - December 9, 2016 at 9:08 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Regina - December 9, 2016 at 9:24 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Amarok - December 9, 2016 at 9:58 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by c172 - December 9, 2016 at 10:14 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Whateverist - December 9, 2016 at 10:29 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Aegon - December 10, 2016 at 1:25 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Catholic_Lady - December 10, 2016 at 1:48 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Aegon - December 10, 2016 at 1:51 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Catholic_Lady - December 11, 2016 at 10:42 am
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Pat Mustard - December 11, 2016 at 1:16 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Catholic_Lady - December 11, 2016 at 3:23 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Pat Mustard - December 11, 2016 at 3:24 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Tiberius - December 11, 2016 at 10:52 am
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Catholic_Lady - December 11, 2016 at 11:02 am
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 11, 2016 at 12:23 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Longhorn - December 11, 2016 at 1:44 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by brewer - December 11, 2016 at 1:51 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Catholic_Lady - December 11, 2016 at 3:26 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Pat Mustard - December 12, 2016 at 3:16 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Amarok - December 12, 2016 at 3:51 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Athena777 - December 11, 2016 at 6:41 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Aegon - December 11, 2016 at 6:57 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Catholic_Lady - December 11, 2016 at 9:18 pm
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Longhorn - December 12, 2016 at 7:44 am
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by brewer - December 12, 2016 at 8:37 am
RE: Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian? - by Catholic_Lady - December 12, 2016 at 3:52 pm

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